10.5.26 | Run Qwen 3.8 Flash Next RTX 4090 at 100T/s, turn off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 for disk space, improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and electricity usage

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Oct 5, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:20) - Run Qwen 3.8 Flash Next (125B) on consumer hardware (RTX 4090) at 100T/s

(01:41) - Turn off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 and get its disk space back

(02:58) - Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and electricity usage

(04:48) - What is going on with ceiling fans

(05:58) - A browser-native classic Visual Basic VB6 IDE

(07:06) - Powerless F1 drivers frustrated by Bahrain F1 software glitch

(08:18) - Denmark Data Breach Exposes 8.8M People's Personal Data

(09:40) - Show HN: Glashütte Trash Clock – A 30-minute pendulum clock made from trash

(10:48) - We ported the original Doom to SQL

(12:21) - The Tao of Backup

(13:22) - Outro

Run Qwen 3.8 Flash Next (125B) on consumer hardware (RTX 4090) at 100T/s https://github.com/Niko1221/Strata https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49953495Turn off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 and get its disk space back https://github.com/omlahore/RemoveMacAI https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49957116 Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and electricity usage https://www.1011now.com/2026/09/30/more-questions-than-answers-about-lincolns-google-data-center-water-electricity-usage/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49957068 What is going on with ceiling fans https://mcmansionhell.com/post/829127919552151552/what-is-going-on-with-ceiling-fans https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49917536 A browser-native classic Visual Basic VB6 IDE https://wieslawsoltes.github.io/VB6/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49956681 Powerless F1 drivers frustrated by Bahrain F1 software glitch https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/horrible-totally-unacceptable-powerless-f1-drivers-frustrated-by-bahrain-f1-software-glitch/10861968/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49959869 Denmark Data Breach Exposes 8.8M People's Personal Data https://www.cpr.dk/cpr-nyt/nyhedsarkiv/2026/okt/omfattende-uautoriseret-adgang-til-borgeres-cpr-oplysninger https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49962012 Show HN: Glashütte Trash Clock – A 30-minute pendulum clock made from trash https://niklasroy.com/gtc/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49930439 We ported the original Doom to SQL https://cedardb.com/blog/sqldoom/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49948300 The Tao of Backup http://www.taobackup.com/index.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49932236